Improvement in thimbles



naar gaat? THEODORE B. TIMBY, 0F SARATOGA, NEW YORK Letters Patent No. 96,166, dated October 26, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT `IN' THIMBLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Ratent and making part of the `same I, THnoDoRE R. Tmrv, of Saratoga, in the county of Saratoga, and State of New York, have invented an Improved Thimble for Sewing, of which the follow-I ing is a description.

Nature wnd- Objects of the I n'vmtionf.

In' order to render the thmble more eicieut and convenient in use, permit the circulation of air around the linger, and avoid confining the perspiration and heat, I form upon the tliimble longitudinal or nearly A longitudinal grooves or corrugations, and also provide openings around the base under the rim.

The channels or eoncavities c c c, between these intermal ridges b, permit the free circulation ot air which passes-through apertures d arranged around the base close to the rim e, and communicating with the cilannels c c c, as shown in fig. 2, so that though the rim e may it the linger closely, as it should do, the air will not be obstructed, and the linger will not heat or become damp with confined perspiration.

The exterior of the thimble may be indented or roughened in the usual way, but the grooves aaid materially in preventing the slipping of the needle.

I am aware that a thimble has before-been made with grooves on its external surface, and also that a thimble has been made with large apertures for the passage of air.

Claim.

I claim, as my invention- As a new article'of manufacture, the Ifhilnble here- 

